Convertible wagon-box and hay-rack.



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CONVERTIBLE WAGON BOX AND HAY RACK.

APPLIQATION FILED JULY 24, 1912.

Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

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CONVERTIBLE WAGON BOX AND HAY RACK.

APPLIOATION I'ILEI) JULY Z4, 1912.

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CONVERTIBLE WAGON-BOX AND HAY-RACK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

Application filed July 24, 1912. Serial No. 711,369.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that we, OLIVER F. BEACH and LewisXV. BEACH, citizens of the United States, residing at Bucyrus, in thecounty of Crawford and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Convertible lagon-Boxes and Hay-Racks, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to convertible wagon boxes and racks for haulinggrain, hay or other materials, and the primary object of the presentinvention is to provide a wagon box whereby the sides and the rear endgate may be swung downwardly and held within the same plane as that ofthe bottom of the wagon box so that the same may be used for a hay rack.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a wagon box ofthe class aforesaid, whereby the sides thereof may be swung laterallyand downwardly with relation to the bottom of the wagon box therebyincreasing the holding capacity of the same when in use as a hay rack.

The present invention resides in superior advantages in points ofsimplicity, durability, and general efficiency, and one which will bereadily converted to the use for which it is designed.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of thenovel details of construction, combination, formation and arrangement ofparts as will be hereinafter more fully described and particularlypointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferredform of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limit-ationis necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited,but that the right is reserved to any changes, alterations andmodifications to which recourse may be had within the scope of theinvention without departing from the spirit or sacrificing theefficiency of the same.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 illustrates the plan view of the wagonbox having one of its side members and rear end gate folded downwardlywhen in use as a hay rack, its opposite side member being extendedlaterally from the body of the wagon box and having an arrow placedthereon to indicate the direction in which the said side member is toturn in assuming the position similar to that of the opposite sidemember. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the wagon box when the sides arein the vertical position; Fig. 3 1s a transverse section illustratingone of the side members when in a vertical position and the oppositeside member in an extended lateral position and showing the same indotted lines when folded inwardly to form a hay rack; Fig. 4f is adetail section through the end of the wagon box showing the rear endgate in a vertical position in full lines and in a lowered position indotted lines; Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the uprightsupporting stakes; Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of one of thelocking bolts, and Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view taken on the line77 of Fig. 3.

Reference now being had to the accompanying drawings the main bed orframe of the wagon is composed, essentially of a pair of longitudinallyextending sills l which are connected and spaced apart at suitableintervals by pairs of cross braces 2. These cross braces which arearranged in pairs are secured to the sills l by bolts or other suitablefastening means and each pair of cross braces have slidably mountedthere between a pair of parallel extending beams 3 which have hingedlysecured to the outer ends thereof the sides 4L of the wagon box.

The bottom, side members, and end gates of the wagon body are preferablymade of planlring, as shown, and when the same are in use, the sills 1are placed upon the bolsters of the wagon in the usual manner.

The bottom 5, of the wagon box is secured to the transversely extendedcross braces 2 in any suitable manner and lies flush with the outerextremities thereof. vVhen this structure is-to be used as a wagon boxthe side members and rear end gate are held in raised position, but whenthe same is used as a hay rack the rear end gate is lowered to aposition in the Same plane with the bottom of the struct-ure and theside members are then pulled laterally and then swung inwardly to lieupon the beams 3 as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings.

The outer extremities of each of the sliding beams 3 are provided-with arecess in which extends a locking bolt 6. These locking bolts are eachprovided with a lug extension 7 which is adapted to slide in a verticalgroove S formed wit-hin the sliding beams 3 which will obviously preventthe withdrawal of the same. To provide means for holding the slidingbeams 3 in an inward position and also to prevent the sides l of thebody from being forced outwardly when articles have been placed withinthe wagon box, the sills 1 are provided in their upper face withrecesses 9 in which the lower extremities of the locking bolt 6 areadapted to rest when the same are in an inward position. This willapparently prevent the movement of the sliding sills 3 until the bolt 6has been raised fro-m engagement with the notch 9.

It will be noted from Fig. 1 of the draw' ing that the sliding sills 3are so arranged that they will rest upon the inner face of the crossbraces 2, as shown, and which will obviously prevent any lateralmovement of the said side members and at the same time allow the sillswhich extend from each side of the wagon box, to also freely slidewithin the tramways formed by these cross braces 2. The planking of thesides of the wagon bo-x are secured to a plurality of verticallyextending stakes 10 by bolts or other suitable means, and the lowerextremity of each of these stakes 10 is hingedly connected to a pair ofbrace rods 11 secured on each side of the sliding beams 3. The lowerextremities of the stakes 10 are each provided with an oifset bifurcatedportion 12 which is adapted to engage under the head of the lockingbolts when the side members are in their vlowered position which willobviously hold the bolts out of engagement with the sills 1 therebypermitting the beams 3 to be pulled outwardly. The forward end gate 13is preferably held in a vertical stationary position by means of strapslt as shown, but of course, this end gate may be detachably or hingedlysecured as desired. The rear end gate 15 is hingedly secured as at 15 tothe cross brace 2 as shown preferably in Fig. 4 of the drawing. rllhisend gate has a triangular extending brace 16 extending from the rearface thereof, the shorter arm of which is adapted to rest againsttheouter face of the end cross brace 2, thereby provid ing means forholding the rear end gate in a horizontal plane when the same is used asa hay rack, but when the body is used as a wagon box, this end gate israised in a vertical position and hooks 15 are secured upon the outerface of the rear end gate adjacent each end thereof and are adapted tobe placed within eyebolts 15H secured to the side members 4f, therebyproviding means for holding the side members and end gates in a verticalposition.

What we claim is 1. In a wagon box, including a pair of longitudinallyextending sills, cross pieces arranged in pairs upon said sills, beamsslidable between said cross pieces, side members, vertically extendingstakes secured thereto, means for hingedly securing the lowerextremities of vsaid stakes to said beams, means for engaging the lowerextremity of said stake for holding said side members in a horizontalplane and means for locking said beams in an inward position,substantially as described.

2. A wagon box including a pair of longitudinally extending sills, crosspieces arranged in pairs upon said sills, beams slidably mounted betweensaid cross pieces, side members pivotally mounted upon the outerextremities of said slidable beams, sliding bolts mounted within saidbeams and adapted to engage the said sills for holding the beams in aninward position, and means carried by said side members for lifting saidbolts out of engagement with the sills,where by the same may be adjustedlaterally, substantially as described.

3. A wagon box including a pair of longitudinally extending sills, crosspieces arranged in pairs upon said sills, a pair of beams slidablymounted between each pair of cross pieces and adapted to extend fromeach side of the wagon box, side members hingedly connected to saidslidable beams, means for holding said side members in a verticalposition when the slidable beams are in an inward position between thecross pieces, and the said side members being adapted to rest upon theupper face of the beams when the same are in an extended position,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. A wagon body including a pair of longitudinally extending sills,cross pieces arranged in pairs on said sills, beams slidably mountedbetween said sills, brackets arranged upon the outer ends of saidslidable beams, side members hingedly secured to said brackets, slidingbolts arranged adjacent the outer extremity of said beams and adapted torest within recesses formed within said sills, means mounted upon saidside members for releasing said bolts, and means for limiting the upwardmovement of said bolts, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures in the presence oftwo witnesses.

OLIVER F. BEACH. LEWIS W. BEACH.

Witnesses:

O. W. KENNEDY, J osErHINE EDsINGER.

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